My Name Is Asher Lev is a novel by Chaim Potok, an American author and rabbi. The book's protagonist is Asher Lev, a Hasidic Jewish boy in New York City. Asher is a loner with artistic inclinations. His art, however, causes conflicts with his family and other members of his community. The book follows Asher's maturity as both an artist and a Jew.[1]
Potok asserted that the conflict between tradition and individualism is constant and that the tension between religion and art is lifelong. Potok was, as well as an author, a painter, and his personal struggle is apparent in his painting titled "Brooklyn Crucifixion." And yet despite this seemingly agonizing struggle, Potok remained active as an artist/writer and engaged in the religion of his upbringing until his death in 2002.[2]
Potok continued Asher Lev's story in the book The Gift of Asher Lev.
^My Name is Asher Lev to play Westside Theater
^Fujimoto-Johnson, Sharon. "Art: Chaim Potok's "Brooklyn Crucifixion"." The Spectrum Blog. July 2, 2006. Web. February 25, 2010. <"The Spectrum Blog: Art: Chaim Potok's "Brooklyn Crucifixion"". Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2010.>.
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